Subject: bear questions
Date: Feb 18 15:07:39 1999
From: Randy Rawluk - rawluk at fsjames.com


These could be 3rd year cubs in their first solo winter dens that have just
got out to go for a walk. I have found bear tracks in the snow in late Dec.,
this in the Fort St. James area where the bears usually come out in April
for the males and late April or early May for the Females with first year
cubs.
-----Original Message-----
From: Streiffert <streif at televar.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 5:43 PM
Subject: bear questions


>Tweeters: I have a question for any of you natural history wizards.
>Last weekend, in the mountainous, snowy forests around Wallace, Idaho,
>my cohorts and I saw, on two separate occasions (and in far distant
>areas, so it wasn't the same cub twice), a small bear cub, about the
>size of, say, a cocker spaniel. They were wandering around alone,
>looking lost. Question: was mom nearby, or were they as lost as they
>looked? Poor fuzzy little guys, they were, with clumps of snow hanging
>off their fur. What is going on this time of year with bears'
>reproductive lives? (Sorry for the non-bird question, but I don't
>subscribe to "growlers."
>Kristi Streiffert
>Coulee Dam, WA
>Streif at televar.com
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